package de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.distance.distancefunction;
/*
This file is part of ELKI:
Environment for Developing KDD-Applications Supported by Index-Structures
Copyright (C) 2014
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Lehr- und Forschungseinheit für Datenbanksysteme
ELKI Development Team
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*/
import de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.data.type.SimpleTypeInformation;
/**
* Primitive distance function that is defined on some kind of object.
*
* @author Erich Schubert
*
* @apiviz.landmark
*
* @param input object type
*/
public interface PrimitiveDistanceFunction extends DistanceFunction {
/**
* Computes the distance between two given DatabaseObjects according to this
* distance function.
*
* @param o1 first DatabaseObject
* @param o2 second DatabaseObject
* @return the distance between two given DatabaseObjects according to this
* distance function
*/
double distance(O o1, O o2);
@Override
SimpleTypeInformation super O> getInputTypeRestriction();
}